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  • Joel Vicente avatar

    243 - Joy For The World Series

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Dec 7, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,920 views

    Discover joy! Why joy? Who is joy?

    Sermon Study #243 – JOY FOR THE WORLD Key Scripture: God has anointed us with oil, to set us apart from the world: Heb 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy." 3 WAYS TO DISCOVER ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What's Wrong With Our Fishing

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 95 ratings
     | 6,784 views

    Why are we not winning more people to Christ?

    LUKE 5:1-9 “WHAT’S WRONG WITH OUR FISHING?” A) Back in July, I attended the National Association Of FWB’s in Memphis, Tenn. * It was my very first, and I’m telling you, I loved it! * There was great preaching ... Booths set up in the Convention Center ... Church growth ... * I read stories of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Commitment To The Lost

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 19, 2005
    based on 130 ratings
     | 11,049 views

    If Christ is the Savior, why are we not committed to the lost?

    INTRO.- God, our loving Father, wants no one to be lost, but sometimes we act like we don’t care. ILL.- A Tea Party I had a little tea party This afternoon at three. ‘Twas very small – Three guests in all – Just I, Myself and Me Myself ate all the sandwiches While I drank up the tea; ‘Twas also ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "He Did It!"

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Apr 6, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,947 views

    Why is the resurrection so important for us today?

    Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches Easter Sunday April 11, 2004 “He Did It!” I Corinthians 15:19-26 INTRODUCTION: What does Easter mean to you? Is it chocolate Easter bunnies and spiced jelly beans? Colored eggs and Easter egg hunts? A day when family gets together for Easter dinner? A time for ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Do We Glorify God

    Contributed by David Rogers on Feb 19, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 9,762 views

    A sermon on why we are to glorify God and not ourselves.

    Do We Glorify God 1 Cor. 10:31 Prayer Introduction Have you noticed that in our society today people are so pre-occupied with self-glorification? Too many times people want glory just for themselves. Sometimes football players score a touchdown and do a dance wanting everyone to applaud them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sending Love Letters To God (Pastor Jose Jr.)

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Feb 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,324 views

    Why Did You Fall In Love With Jesus?

    From Earth, With Love Sending Love Letters to God Son 2:3-6 3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Wasting Time On Worrying Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 31, 2009
    based on 31 ratings
     | 9,929 views

    Why worry, we serve a GREAT God!

    INTRODUCTION • PC VIDEO CLIP • SLIDE #1 • How many of you here today live a life without anxiety or worry? Please raise your hand. Don’t be embarrassed to raise your hand. • What are some of the things that you worry about in life? Do you have something that sends chills up your spine when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Sending The Multitude Away Series

    Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Aug 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,536 views

    Why did Jesus send the People away?

    Sending the Multitude Away by Gerald Van Horn Text. Mark 6:45 “And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the boat and to go to the other side before him unto Bethsaida while he sent away the people.” We want to focus in on the last part of the text that says, “He sent away the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    "My Ears Are Tuned Differently To Yours”

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,926 views

    Why if the harvest is ripe are there so few harvesters

    “My ears are tuned differently to yours” I would like to look at one part of one verse this morning “The Harvest is plentiful but the workers are few” (Luke 10:2) Jesus gave the Church only one Commission – and that was not to put “bums on pews” It was to make disciples Jesus in Matt 28:18-20 ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Compassion A Sign God Is Present

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 27, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,642 views

    A sermon that highlights why compassion is important in the church

    Romans 9:1-5 In today’s readings from Matthew and Romans we see that compassion for others is a sign of the Christian faith. Listen again to the dialogue between Jesus and His disciples, reading from Matthew 14:15-16. 14When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Is The Lord Pleased With My Priorities? Series

    Contributed by Ben Mandrell on Aug 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,743 views

    Why was Jesus so hard on Martha and not Mary?

    Note: This is the sermon manuscript that Ben carried into the pulpit. Feel free to use it in any way to advance the kingdom of God. Questions For God: Is the Lord Pleased With My Priorities? Luke 10:38-42 Englewood Baptist Church Sunday Morning, Aug. 10, 2008 Today marks week 3 in this sermon ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Possible Reasons For Missing The Opportunity Series

    Contributed by Selvan John on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,738 views

    Reasons for why some people miss the opportunity.

    Possible Reasons for Missing the Opportunity I was too impressed in letting people know what it is to miss the opportunity and therefore as a continuation of the previous sermon I want to take up on this issue of the possible reasons. To explain this I have taken the parable of Jesus in the book ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Life Isn't Fair!

    Contributed by Lew Slade on Dec 22, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,598 views

    If God is just why is life so unfair?

    Life isn’t fair? “Life isn’t fair!” How often have you heard those words spoken? We read ‘unfair’ news stories everyday. Widows and pensioners defrauded of their life savings; young women attacked and raped; young men killed or maimed in car accidents; refugees from yet another war in Africa dying ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    What's Your Sacrifice Like?

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Oct 28, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,728 views

    Why was Cain’s sacrifice unacceptable to God?

    GENESIS 4:1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.” 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Sex, God's Wedding Gift Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 21, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,026 views

    A look at why sex is for within the marriage relationship

    When I was young I was told that there were three things you never talked about in polite company. Sex, religion and Politics. A few years ago it was decreed by the government that if a Pastor told his congregation how to vote that the church would lose it’s charitable status. Well we don’t want ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan